“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
aka Blade Runner. Philip K Dick anyone? Both my sons can quote this, VERBATIM. Rutger Hauer? I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. […]
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If you’ve read Anya Seton Green Darkness, this makes sense. If not…m’eh! Wiki : Ightham Mote Not been there but would love to! Wiki : Midhurst Been there! Lots. Always alone! It’s near Chichester. Spread Eagle Inn, anyone? Wiki : Green Darkness Eyes to see? P.S. And I can’t even go into […]
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C’mon. You know the drill :o) This is (?) what happens when you fall in love with someone of the opposite sex. Stay with me. Puhlease. One was castrated. One was buried alive behind a wall!!!! New Revelations about One of the Greatest Romances in History Peter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, […]
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Look it up. ‘Snot as gross as it sounds. My earworm of the day is a beautiful tune. TYBB :o)
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By The Specials. If you’ve watched Father Ted (ROFL) this toon is very familiar :o)
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It’s been a while since Dolores Mary sang! Do you remember? Do you recall? Do you remember? ‘Cause I remember it all
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My apologies. I was going to go in-depth into The Clouds but real life got in the way. As per usual :o( Anyhoo – the sources are freely available to y’all to check. Here is the NC CONCLUSION about Aristophanes’ play THE CLOUDS CONCLUSIONS. Apparently, in the drama of Aristophanes “Clouds” the gospel story […]
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Socrates is the Single Most Important Character in Aristophanes’ play! Socrates via SparkNotes As mentioned earlier, the Socrates that Aristophanes presents is a composite of several current philosophers and sophists, such as Anaxagoras, Diogenes, Protagoras, Hippon, Korax, and Gorgias. Therefore, Socrates is as much of a “personification” as Just Argument and Unjust Argument. […]
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Right now…Only Two characters from The Clouds are important. Strepsiades via Spark Notes Strepsiades is the anti-hero of Aristophanes’s play. He is an older Athenian citizen and a farmer. He married a well-to-do girl with aristocratic pretensions and has a son, Pheidippides, who has inherited the young woman’s rarified tastes and has begun running […]
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Way back – I posted this. Aristophanes – The Clouds I think it’s time to rewind and finish the story :o) From SparkNotes : Character List Strepsiades – An Athenian citizen and harried father, burdened by the debts his son, Pheidippides, has incurred. Strepsiades is the “hero” of the play, but he is not very […]
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There are plenty of sources out there “explaining” The Norman Theory. A Good Place to start is — Encyclopedia of Ukraine I’ve covered bits of 1066 and all that here. Let’s see what NC has to say about The Norman Theory : It should be abandoned the idea that the chronicle records that […]
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Hidden History Research 